more crafts for ages 2 & up

More Crafts for Ages 2 & Up
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Snow Globe

Supplies:	1 Empty Soda Bottle with Twist Cap or Wide Mouth Jar with Lid
	Craft Supplies (beads, sequins, glitter, etc.)
	Food Coloring (optional)
	Glue (optional)
	Brush (optional)

Fill empty soda bottle or jar with water, leaving an air bubble at the top. Add food coloring to water and drop in craft supplies. Screw on cap or lid. Optional: Use brush to apply glue to threads of jar before putting on cap. Let glue dry for 30 minutes.

Optional-Glue small figure (example: Snow Man) to cap to make snow scene.

Ocean Globe

Supplies:	Baby Food Jar or Small Wide Mouth Jar
	Play Sand
	Tap Water
	Small Sea Shells
	Glue (optional)
	Small Paint Brush (optional)
	Blue Food Coloring

Fill jar approximately 1/4 full with sand using coffee scoop or teaspoon. Add food coloring to water in a separate container to give a "Bermuda" blue color to water. Add water to jar, leaving small air bubble at top. Invite your child to place seashells in jar. Optional-Using brush, apply glue to threads of jar, close lid, and let dry for 30 minutes. Ask your child what will happen when you swirl the globe.

Goop

Supplies:	Elmer's Glue
	Liquid Starch
	Food Coloring (optional)
	Bowl

Combine 1/2 cup Elmer's Glue, two tablespoons liquid starch and 5 drops of food coloring. Vigorously mix the ingredients with a fork as if you were making scrambled eggs. After a few minutes, the solution will become stringy. Continue to mix with fork or kneed with hands to make putty. If it feels sticky, add more starch, if it feels slimy, add more glue. When you reach the right consistency, all the material comes off your hands into a ball. Pull it apart, put back together or use it to make shapes. Store in refrigerator in plastic bag or plastic wrap.
Suggestion: Put an apron on your child first.

Pin Art

Supplies:	Rubber Picture Stamp or Wood Block
	Ink Stamp
	White Paper
	Magic Markers, Crayons, Colored Pencils, or Children's Paints
	Scissors
	Cardboard or Construction Paper
	Clear Glaze (available in craft stores)
	Paint Brush (optional)
	Pin Backs or Hole Punch & String
	Glue

Stamp a picture on white paper and color it with magic markers, crayons, colored pencils, or paint. Cut out picture, glue to cardboard, and let dry. Apply glaze and let dry. Glue pin backs to back of picture or you can hole punch the cardboard and put on a string to make a necklace.


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